Data Engineer

Role

Data Engineer (6 month initial contract)

Complete fluency in Dutch is required for this role in order to communicate with our Dutch Stakeholders.

At AND, we accelerate the development of digital capabilities. In practice, that means helping ambitious leaders and organisations build the teams, products, processes and even operational structures they need to close the digital skills gap within their organisation today, so that they thrive tomorrow.

Clients rely on our experience, agility and craft skills across tech and business strategy, software development, data engineering and agentic AI to address some of the toughest challenges facing their businesses.

We bring aboard thinkers, tinkerers, passionate craftspeople and inspiring technologists to help us solve these challenges. Together, we’re united by a sense of pragmatism, purpose and a deeply-held belief that digital products and technology alone won’t transform a business or save the world: it’s the people that count.

As a Data Engineer, you will spend your time helping clients achieve their data engineering needs. Primarily the development, deployment and maintenance of data products in a fast moving, Agile environment.

You’ll also make a real impact by taking an active role in the team’s Agile Development practices, technical decision making and development, generating value and continuously striving to improve the quality and reliability of our data and processes.

You will spend the majority of your time helping deliver client data engineering opportunities and supporting the growth of our junior-mid level technologists; both within AND and for our clients.

• Strong expertise in Python and PySpark/Spark for building scalable data pipelines
• Strong knowledge of SQL for querying structured data and interacting with databases, including PostgreSQL
• Strong understanding of data modelling, ETL/ELT processes and data governance
• Experience with data warehousing concepts and delivering analytical insights to internal stakeholders
• Deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience with Apache Airflow for workflow orchestration and pipeline scheduling
• Hands-on experience with AWS services, particularly Glue and Redshift

• Experience with Apache Kafka or similar streaming technologies
• Experience with Delta Lake/Delta Table, Lakehouse or Medallion Architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold)
• Deep expertise in modern data platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake
• Experience with data migration, including familiarity with tools such as AWS DMS
• Consulting or client-facing experience, translating business requirements into data solutions

• Familiarity with Data Vault 2.0 and Star Schema design
• Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform or AWS Cloud Formation)
• Familiarity with enterprise tooling such as Informatica (ETL, Data Governance, Data Quality) or Data Mesh enablers
• Dataiku experience

• Stack Migration: Migrating the existing data processing stack (Postgre
  
  SQL/Jenkins/Python) to a modern cloud-based stack (AWS/Airflow/Redshift/Python/PySpark/Spark), ensuring continuity and data integrity throughout the transition
• Design and Build Scalable ETL Pipelines: Build and optimise ETL/ELT data pipelines, focusing on performance, scalability, and data integrity. Ensure pipelines integrate smoothly within the broader data ecosystem and internal Data Warehouse
• Maintain and Develop Data Pipelines: Support and maintain existing pipelines while building new ones to meet evolving business needs and stakeholder requirements
• Streaming & Integration: Develop and maintain both batch and real-time data processing pipelines from multiple data sources, with awareness of streaming solutions such as Kafka/Confluent
• Support Dev Ops Practices: Contribute to CI/CD processes for testing, building, and deploying data pipelines, including supporting the transition away from Jenkins-based workflows
• Performance Optimisation: Tune pipeline performance for both batch and real-time data processing. Troubleshoot and debug complex issues in distributed and cloud-native environments
• Collaboration and…